Six engaging short stories by six different authors provide enriching literature for Chinese language students.
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Ling Shuhua provides a woman’s perspective during the May Fourth movement in The Night of Mid-Autumn Festival.
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Lai He provides his perspective of Taiwan during the Japanese occupation in The Steelyard.
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Mao Dun depicts some of the problems facing rural China in his most famous story, Spring Silkworms.
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Shen Congwen uses a basic story to show how rural customs inhibit modernization in his story, Xiaoxiao.
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Yu Dafu takes his readers to Japan, where he himself spent time as a student. Yu Dafu’s frank depiction of sexual urges in Sinking shocked the readers of his day.
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Lao She illustrates the changing times in Beijing in his short story, An Old and Established Name.
All Capturing Chinese books come in the follow format:
- Six stories, unabridged, in simplified Chinese
- Pinyin for the entire text
- Definitions for difficult vocabulary
- Historical explanations and summaries
- 20 beautifully drawn illustrations
- MP3s read by two native speakers
